LOT 2984
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Eppillus AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 1. 'Grapevine' type.
Bearded head right, vine leaf border / Boar right, EPPIL above, CO[M] below, bearded border. ABC 1163; VA 416; BMC 1082; S 100. Good Very Fine. Bright silver, bold bonny boar. Rare.(1.20gr, 12mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx J. Lumley collection.
Ex Cotswold collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL69, lot 18, ref. no.17683.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2984
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Eppillus AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Figure running to right, holding torque and spear / Beast to right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483-506; de la Tour 8124. 4.99gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Glossy, dark-grey patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL44, lot 11, ref. no.13168. Ex N. McCarten collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe BI Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd century BC. Kugelwange Type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Celticized, laureate and bearded head to right / Horse prancing to left; pellet-in-annulet above. Cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 17, 193/14 var.; Lanz 489 (this coin). 7.42gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Fine. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).
From the Hermann Lanz Collection. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AR Fraction. Circa 75-50 BC. Picardy Horse Face type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Stylised helmet head right, horse's head forming eye and nose / Horse right, with long beaded mane, six armed 'star' in front with ring at centre, two rings above, small horse's head below. LT 8500/8515 var.; BMC 156; Sch/ GB 51, fig. 330; DT 189; Allen 'Les pièces d'argent minces du comté de Hampshire', Revue Numismatique, VI série, VII (1965), p.79-93, pl.V, no.29. 0.48gr, 13mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned, great horse, full 'star'. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 5, ref. no.15074. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
As Derek Allen (1965) says, this extraordinary type was ultimately derived from the Pallas Athene silver coins of the Aulerci Cenomani (cf. LT 5967, 5973, 5980, 5985) and heavily influenced the Hampshire Thin Silver series of the British Belgae (ABC 911) and the Chichester Chariot Wheel thin silver of the Regini (ABC 701). This lovely example of the Picardy Horse Face explicitly shows a horse's head emerging from the forehead of the stylised head. The spear is also clearly displayed as part of the helmet. The spidery 'star' symbol in front of the horse can be seen again before the horse on the Yarmouth gold stater of the Regini (ABC 518).
